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Bailey continued on. After he passed Naha [Annotators Note: May 1945, Naha, Okinawa] he encountered civilians for the...

After Okinawa, James Odom went back to Guam. They heard a "message to all ships" about the signing of the peace treaty...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

When Warren Schmitt returned from Okinawa, he had to be sent to San Diego for hospitalization. By the time he recovered...

Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...

They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS Bayfield, near Okinawa] for about twelve days...

Donald Witmer recalls that toward the end of the campaign [Annotator's Note: the Okinawa Campaign], scuttlebutt had it...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

Albert Reale thought the Japanese were miserable people, and seeing the surviving soldiers from Okinawa reinforced his...

Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

Russell Clay was assigned to the USS Houston (CL-81) which was being completed in Newport News, Virginia. He had his...

Freeman Dyson was not involved with the Manhattan Project. He was totally surprised at the dropping of the atomic bombs...

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